I told by the hand, after a while!" "A woman?
Go on, Bill.

This story sure sounds different from most." "It ain't even started to get different yet," said Bill gloomily.
"Well, that letter made me so plumb mad that I sat down and wrote everything I could think of that a gent would say to a girl to let her know what I thought about her.

And what d'you think happened ?" "She wrote you back the prettiest letter you ever seen," suggested Ronicky, "saying as how she'd never meant to make you mad and that if you--" "Say," broke in Bill Gregg, "did I show that letter to you ?" "Nope; I just was guessing at what a lot of women would do.

You see ?" "No, I don't.

I could never figure them as close as that.